River Towns Lyrics - Tracker - Mark Knopfler

I came in three days early 

To meet my boat 

It ain't the life of Riley 

But it's keeping me afloat 

It's quiet over Christmas 

If you got no place to go 

I got my home from river rats 

The only home I know 

I found myself a flophouse 

And I hit the streets at nine 

Get some grub and drink a beer 

Maybe go down the line 

These chips will take your money 

Shake a young man down 

It's the same in every one of these 

Sorry river towns 

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River towns, sorry river towns 

River towns 

River towns, sorry river towns 

River towns 

Well I picked me up a bottle 

To take back to the room 

Then I saw a young girl standing 

In a doorway in the gloom 

We'd hardly started talking 

The old scenario 

And I just let her work me over 

Down by the Ohio 

River towns, sorry river towns 

River towns 

River towns, sorry river towns 

River towns 

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When I asked her if she'd like to stay 

She was down my stairs so quick 

I never asked what got her started 

With the sorry river tricks 

So I get the bottle open 

But something's hit a nerve 

And I'm looking in the mirror 

At the face that I deserve 

River towns, sorry river towns 

River towns 

River towns, sorry river towns 

River towns